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In various sociohistorical contexts, Muslims resort to conceptualizations of life that center on their being in and part of the world. Din (religion), dunya (the temporal world) and akhira (afterlife) are th...

This special issue is an attempt to unsettle the scholarly gaze on the Islamic by questioning what is perceived and treated as such by bringing the notions of canon and critique into the conversation at theo...

The objective of this special issue is to gain greater insight into (the development of) views on citizenship and civil liberties – such as the rights of religious minorities, women’s rights and freedom of e...

Guest Editors Dr. Fulera Issaka-Toure, University of Ghana, Legon Dr. Fatima Essop, Harvard Law, USA & Lawyer in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Dr. Erin E. Stiles, University of Nevada, Reno Descripti...

The Covid-19 virus was first detected in Wuhan China in November 2019 and spread rapidly across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it to be a pandemic on March 11. At that point countrie...

The main objective of this special issue is to revisit the theoretical and epistemological relevance of Wiktorowicz’s typology on the relationship between Salafism and politics. The main argument is that sti...